As you may already have heard, I’m in the job market. I just want to share, widely, what I think I’m good at, and what kinds of work I’d be excited to do. Happy to talk with folks who may have leads, advice, or opportunities.
I would describe my top skills, experiences, and interests as follows:
- interfaith collaboration
- writing, especially for advocacy
- essays / non-fiction writing / research-based journalistic pieces
- teaching, especially making complex or often inaccessible cultural or religious ideas understandable to a general audience
- organizing information and presentations
- interpersonal communication, including strong people skills and cultural sensitivity skills
- Hebrew (reading, writing, speaking)
- French (pretty good but not as good as my Hebrew)
- public speaking and presentations
- social entrepreneur capabilities
- Microsoft office suite, with strong Power Point / multi-media authorship skills
- Biblical studies, rabbinic studies, and the ability to speak or write drawing on sacred texts
My passions include:
- Israel/Palestine peacebuilding
- collaborative business projects that build positive bonds between Palestinians and Israelis
- Jewish / Muslim coalition building and mutual advocacy
- LGBT equality
- progressive approaches to religion (promoting non-fundamentalist, non-exclusivist,”first-do-no-harm” approaches to all religion)
- Democratic party politics in the US
- income inequality / poverty
- interfaith efforts on issues like undocumented immigrants in the US, environmental advocacy, human rights, etc.
- supporting and researching interfaith families within the Jewish community (my last job was focused on this work)
I think I’d be a good candidate for jobs like:
- lead writer / media content developer for an NGO or advocacy organization
- Executive Director of an organization that would benefit from my strengths, and that would have the staff needed to take the lead in the areas in which I’m inexperienced
- speech writer for political candidates or issue campaigns
- university chaplain with some teaching duties in religious/Judaic studies
- Judaic studies prof at a Christian small college (problem: I have no PhD and I need a full-time position)
- being hired to do a big research/writing project (like a book about a neglected historical figure or set of events, or a new curriculum, etc.), especially if it required some travel and use of my language skills.
The Accidental Rabbi 
I wish you well in your search. I will soon be on that journey myself. Courage!
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Many thanks!
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